The CW Drops WWE Smackdown
Posted by Shane on Friday, February 8, 2008 at 4:52 pm
What do you do when your network’s becoming more and more invisible as the days go by? Cancel your top rated show, of course. Neither side commented on why WWE Smackdown, which has been on UPN since 1999, is being dropped at the end of the 2007-2008 season. Presumably, they could not come to terms on financial agreements, and despite the high viewership, Smackdown never particularly meshed with what is supposed to be a network targeted at young females (even if it did provide some potential boost for something like Reaper). It’s unclear where Smackdown might end up, but USA Network and MyNetworkTV have been suggested by some.
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What do you do when your network’s becoming more and more invisible as the days go by? Cancel your top rated show, of course. Neither side commented on why WWE Smackdown, which has been on UPN since 1999, is being dropped at the end of the 2007-2008 season. Presumably, they could not come to terms on financial agreements, and despite the high viewership, Smackdown never particularly meshed with what is supposed to be a network targeted at young females (even if it did provide some potential boost for something like Reaper). It’s unclear where Smackdown might end up, but USA Network and MyNetworkTV have been suggested by some.
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